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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry of Solanidine, Leptinidine, and Acetylleptinidine. Steroidal Alkaloids from Solanum chacoense Bitter David R. Lawson,† Terrence P. Green,‡ LeRoy W. Haynes,§ and A. Raymond Miller*,† Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, Chemistry Department, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio 44035, and Department of Chemistry, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691

Solanidine, leptinidine, and acetylleptinidine from Solanum chacoense Bitter were structurally characterized by high-resolution MS and high-field 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR. 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR chemical shifts were assigned for solanidine and acetylleptinidine using DEPT, HMBC, and HMQC. Complete carbon chemical shift assignments are presented for all three alkaloids. The orientation of the C-23 acetoxyl group of acetylleptinidine was determined to be axial. Keywords: NMR-MS spectroscopy; solanidine; leptinidine; acetylleptinidine INTRODUCTION

Solanum chacoense Bitter contains leptines, leptinines (Kuhn and Lo¨w, 1957, 1961), R-solanine, and R-chaconine (Figure 1). The leptines are natural antifeedants to the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say; Carter, 1987; Sinden et al., 1986; Sturckow and Lo¨w, 1961). Since the glycoalkaloid component of insect resistance is considered to be so significant, it has been suggested that selection and breeding for insect resistance be based on specific deterrent glycoalkaloid content (Sindent et al., 1986; Tingey, 1984). Further, it has even been suggested that it may be possible to screen for deterrent glycoalkaloid content in lieu of resistance testing (Deahl and Sinden, 1987). Because of the potential ecological and toxicological significance of certain steroidal glycoalkaloids (McMillan and Thompson, 1979; Friedman, 1992), several methods have been developed to assay (glyco)alkaloid content in leaves and tubers of Solanum species (Coxon, 1984; Coxon and Jones, 1981; Crabbe and Fryer, 1980; Deahl and Sinden, 1987; Jellema et al., 1980, 1981; King, 1980; Lawson et al., 1992; Morris and Lee, 1981; Van Gelder, 1985). Unfortunately, neither the leptines, the leptinines, nor their aglycons, acetylleptinidine and leptinidine, respectively, can be purchased commercially. Since analytical/chromatographic standards of these alkaloids must be purified by the analyst, spectral information should be readily available in order to confirm the structural identity of isolates. Although spectral data have been published for many steroidal alkaloids, a thorough search of the chemical literature (CA Search, 1967-1991; Chemical Abstracts, 1957-1966 and 1992) failed to retrieve specific publications regarding mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of either acetylleptinidine or leptinidine. Also, whereas 13C-NMR spectra have been reported for solanidine (Radeglia et al., 1977), the aglycon of R-solanine and R-chaconine, neither high-field 1H-NMR nor * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed [e-mail [email protected]; fax (330) 263-3887]. † The Ohio State University. ‡ Lorain County Community College. § College of Wooster. S0021-8561(97)00291-4 CCC: $14.00

high-resolution MS (HR-MS) data were found to be reported for this alkaloid. Fast atom bombardment MS of solanidine has been performed (Price et al., 1985), but only the [M - H]+ and m/z 204 species was reported. In this paper, HR-MS and high-field 1H- and 13C-NMR data for acetylleptinidine, leptinidine, and solanidine are reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS Acetylleptinidine. Acetylleptinidine was isolated and purified from S. chacoense, accession PI 458310-1, as previously described (Lawson et al., 1992). Briefly, freeze-dried leaves were homogenized in 2% acetic acid methanol using a Waring blender. The homogenate was filtered, and the filtrate was evaporated to near dryness at 50 °C in vacuo. The residue was redissolved in 1 N HCl in methanol, capped under nitrogen, and hydrolyzed at 70 °C for 4 h. After cooling, the hydrolysate was raised to pH 10 with concentrated ammonium hydroxide and centrifuged at 12000g for 6 min. The supernatant was partitioned against chloroform, and the chloroform phase was evaporated to near dryness at 40 °C in vacuo. The residue was redissolved in chloroform, and acetylleptinidine was purified by flash chromatography using silica gel columns and mobile phases of hexane and ethyl acetate/hexane. Thinlayer chromatography (TLC; silica gel, choroform/methanol 7:3 v/v) was used to determine the composition of collected fractions. Acetylleptinidine was recrystallized from methanol. Leptinidine. Leptinidine (21 mg) was prepared by hydrolysis of (70 °C for 30 min) recrystallized acetylleptinidine (22 mg) in 0.83 N sodium hydroxide in methanol/water. After cooling, the hydrolysate was partitioned twice against benzene; the benzene phase contained leptinidine, which was recrystallized from methanol. Diacetylleptinidine. Acetylleptinidine (10 mg) was dissolved in a minimum amount of pyridine and combined with 2 mL of acetic anhydride. The solution was then incubated at 90 °C for 90 min. After the reaction mixture cooled to room temperature, 5 mL of water was added to destroy excess acetic anhydride. The solution was again cooled before partitioning three times against 1 mL portions of dichloromethane. The reaction was quantitative according to TLC. White needles from methanol: mp 196-210 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz) 3-H (δ 4.80, m, pentet in appearance), 6-H (d), 18-H3 (s), 19-H3, 21H3 (δ 1.04, d, J ) 6.6 Hz), 26-Hβ, (dd, J ) 10.3 and 3.1 Hz), 27-H3 (d, J ) 6.7 Hz, EI-MS (70 eV); m/z (rel intensity) 497 [C31H47NO4] (11), 482 [C30H44NO4] (4), 454 [C29H44NO3] (8), 437 [C29H43NO2] (100), 262 [C16H24NO2] (11), 208 [C12H18NO2] (6), 148 [C10H14N] (13). Solanidine and Solasodine. Solanidine and solasodine were purchased (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO) and

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Figure 1. S. chacoense C27-steroidal alkaloids and solasodine. recrystallized from methanol. Solanidine was also isolated and purified from freeze-dried leaves of S. chacoense as previously described (Lawson et al., 1992). GC and GC/MS. GC-flame ionization detector (FID) analysis of S. chacoense leaf extracts was performed as described previously (Lawson et al., 1992). GC/MS was performed under the same conditions as for GC-FID analysis of leaf extracts, but using an HP 5890 GC interfaced with an HP 5970 quadrapole mass selective detector (70 eV). High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. A VG 70-250S high-resolution mass spectrometer was used to obtain electron impact mass spectra. The mass spectrometer ionization was set at 70 eV, and the source temperature was 180 °C. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of leptinidine, diacetylleptinidine, solasidine, and 3-acetylsolasidine were acquired using a Bruker WM-500 spectrometer at 500.13 and 125.76 MHz, respectively. Samples were dissolved in either CDCl3 or C5D5N with 0.3% SiMe4 as the internal standard. All two-dimensional NMR spectra of solanidine and acetylleptinidine were collected on a Varian UNITY plus-600 spectrometer equipped with Ultrashims, a pulsed-field gradient (PFG) accessory, and a 5 mm 1H/13C/15N triple-resonance gradient probe. Two-dimensional NMR spectra were obtained

from 20 mg of solanidine and 2 mg of acetylleptinidine dissolved in 0.7 mL of C5D5N, without sample spinning, at 30 ( 1 °C, and with 1H and 13C 90° pulse widths of 10.7 and 18.0 µs. All two-dimensional spectra were processed on Sun Workstations using Vnmr software. The PFG-HMQC (Hurd and John, 1991) spectra were obtained using the following parameters: 8000.0 and 26603.3 Hz spectral windows in the f2 and f1 dimensions, respectively, 1.0 s relaxation delay, 0.054 s acquisition time with GARP (Shaka et al., 1985) decoupling applied during the acquisition period, delays optimized for C-H one-bond coupling constants of J ) 140 Hz. The first, second, and third gradient pulses had duration of 2.0 ms with magnitudes of 0.110, 0.110, and -0.052 T/m, respectively. The spectra were obtained by averaging 8 transients for each of the1024 t1 increments. Fourier transformation (FT) was performed on a 2048 × 2048 matrix, after sinebell weight in both dimensions. The PFG-HMBC (Rinaldi et al., 1995) spectra were obtained with the following parameters: 8000.0 and 26603.3 Hz spectral windows in the f2 and f1 dimensiions, respectively, 1.0 s relaxation delay, 0.256 s acquisition time. The first and second gradient pulses had duration of 2.0 ms with magnitudes of 0.110 and 0.082 T/m, respectively. Delays (taumb ) 1/JC-H) were optimized for long-range coupling constants of J ) 10.0

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Table 1. Principal EI-MS Fragment Ions of S. chacoense Steroidal Alkaloids alkaloid solanidine

leptinidine

acetylleptinidine

fragment ions, m/z (relative abundance, %) 397 (19.18), 382 (11.12), 368 (1.63), 354 (0.96), 341 (1.02), 326 (0.86), 272 (0.69), 259 (0.58), 204 (25.87), 178 (4.26), 150 (100.00), 136 (7.13), 124 (4.50), 98 (7.84), 79 (3.79), 67 (3.62), 55 (6.34) 413 (15.65), 398 (5.29), 369 (3.38), 354 (2.62), 342 (3.45), 326 (1.57), 312 (0.86), 294 (1.32), 267 (1.15), 236 (0.87), 220 (25.97), 207 (3.06), 194 (4.22), 181 (4.15), 166 (100.00), 148 (5.28), 137 (9.59), 122 (4.87), 105 (7.44), 91 (9.78), 82 (8.59), 67 (8.45), 55 (12.95) 455 (6.23), 440 (5.48), 412 (13.48), 395 (100.00), 380 (6.54), 368 (2.65), 354 (1.72), 340 (1.73), 326 (1.32), 262 (21.97), 249 (1.82), 236 (3.42), 223 (2.51), 208 (11.68), 162 (11.64), 148 (47.90), 134 (8.54), 119 (5.23), 105 (8.64), 91 (11.20), 79 (0.31), 67 (9.62), 55 (13.42), 43 (22.33)

Hz (taumb ) 0.05 s). The spectra were obtained by averaging 16 transients for each of the 1024 t1 increments. FT was performed after zero-filling to a 4096 × 2048 matrix and weighting with a shifted Gaussian in f2 and sinebell in f1 dimensions, respectively. The NOESY (Jeener et al., 1979) spectra were obtained with the following parameters: 5999.7 Hz spectral windows in both f1 and f2, 1.0 s relaxation delay, 0.341 s acquisition time, and 0.75 s mixing time. The spectra were obtained by averaging 16 transients for 380 complex t1 increments. FT was performed after zero-filling to a 4096 × 2048 matrix and weighted with a shifted Gaussian in both dimensions. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Solanidine. The presence of solanidine in S. chacoense leaf extracts was tentatively identified by TLC. The solute had an Rf of 0.64 in chloroform/methanol (7:3 v/v), comigrated with purchased solanidine, and reacted positively with Dragendorff’s reagent (Krebs et al., 1969). GC/MS of leaf extracts revealed a parent ion at m/z 397 for a peak having the same retention time as authentic solanidine. Also, the fragmentation patterns from both GC/MS and HR-MS (Table 1) were identical to that of authentic solanidine and included fragments at m/z 204 (C14H22N; Figure 2) and m/z 150 (C10H16N; Figure 2), which are diagnostic of solanidane-based alkaloids (Budzikiewicz, 1964). HR-MS (Table 1) provided a parent peak at 397.3345, supporting the molecular formula (C27H43NO requires a molecular weight of 397.3345) for solanidine. 1H-NMR assignments were established through HMBC and HMQC. A multiplet at δ 3.87 corresponding to the 3-H alpha to the 3-β-hydroxyl (Ripperger and Porzel, 1992) was observed. Other recognizable signals included 6-H (δ 5.45, bd, J ) 5.1 Hz, H2), 18-H3 (δ 0.98, s), 19-H3 (δ 1.07, s) 21-H3 (δ 1.00, d, J ) 6.3 Hz), 26-Hβ (δ 2.93, dd, J ) 10.2 and 3.6 Hz), and 27-H3 (δ 0.86, d, J ) 6.5 Hz). 13C-NMR chemical shift assignments (Table 2) were established rigorously through DEPT, HMBC, and HMQC experiments and compared well with literature values for solanidine (Radeglia et al., 1977). In addition, the interchangeable signals for C-24 and C-25 reported in Radeglia et al. (1977) were rigorously assigned. Leptinidine. The presence of leptinidine in leaf extracts was initially indicated by GC/MS, which revealed a peak having a parent ion at m/z 413 and was thus consistent with the molecular formula (C27H43NO2) which requires 413.3294 for leptinidine. Purified sample

Figure 2. Diagnostic fragment ions from EI-MS of solanidine, leptinidine, and acetylleptinidine. Table 2. Carbon Chemical Shiftsa for Solanidine, Leptinidine, and Acetylleptinidine carbon

solanidineb

leptinidineb

acetylleptinidineb

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 COCH3 COCH3

38.0 32.8 71.4 43.6 142.1 121.4 32.5 32.2 50.7 37.0 21.4 40.2 40.8 57.9 31.7 69.5 63.5 17.1 19.7 37.0 18.7 74.9 29.8 33.8 31.5 60.7 19.8

37.9 32.4 71.3 43.5 142.1 121.1 32.6 31.1 50.6 37.1 21.2 41.0 41.1 57.9 31.2 69.8 62.4 16.9 19.6 32.0 18.3 78.6 64.9 40.1 25.5 60.4 19.3

37.9c 32.7 71.4 43.6 142.1 121.3 32.5 32.2 50.6 37.1 21.3 40.0 41.1 57.9 31.8 69.0 62.6 16.6 19.5 31.2 18.8 76.5 67.7 37.8c 26.4 59.8 19.2 170.9 21.1

a δ values in ppm downfield from SiMe . b In C D N. c The 4 5 5 assignments are interchangeable.

(white needles from methanol) had a mp of 238-241 °C, which was similar to that reported for leptinidine by Kuhn and Lo¨w (1957, 1961; 239-240 °C), and had an Rf of 0.55 in chloroform/methanol (7:3 v/v). TLC of leaf extracts revealed a compound that comigrated with leptinidine derived from base hydrolysis of purified acetylleptinidine (see below) and reacted positively with Dragendorff’s reagent (Krebs et al., 1969). GC/MS and HR-MS exhibited diagnostic fragments at m/z 166 and 220 (Table 1; Figure 2), which were 16

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amu greater than the corresponding fragments (m/z 150 and 204) from solanidine. These data indicated the presence of a hydroxyl group in ring E or F. GC/MS and HR-MS (Table 1) of the base hydrolysate of purified acetylleptinidine (see below) had a fragmentation pattern identical to that of leptinidine found in S. chacoense leaf extracts and included the major fragments reported previously (Osman et al., 1987). HR-MS (Table 1) of the base hydrolysate of acetylleptinidine produced a parent peak at m/z 413.3294. The 1H-NMR spectrum also supported the presence of a hydroxyl at C-23, by exhibiting a signal at δ 3.78 (d, J ) 7.5 Hz), which, according to 2D-NMR CHcorrelation, was coupled to C-23 (Table 2). This assignment is consistent with that previously given to the 23R-H of dihydroleptinidine (Krishna Kumari et al., 1985). The 1H-NMR spectrum further revealed signals that were assigned to 3-H (δ 3.51, m, pentet in appearance), 6-H (δ 5.35, d, J ) 5.0 Hz), 18-H3 (δ 1.02, s), 19H3 (δ 0.87, s), 21-H3 (δ 0.97, d, J ) 6.8 Hz), 26-Hβ (δ 2.87, d, J ) 10.6 Hz), and 27-H3 (δ 0.86, d, J ) 8.8 Hz). Acetylleptinidine. GC/MS of leaf extracts from S. chacoense also revealed a peak having a parent ion at m/z 455, which is consistent with the molecular formula (C29H45NO3 requires 455.3399) for acetylleptinidine. Purified sample (white needles from methanol) had an Rf of 0.78 with choroform/methanol (7:3 v/v) and reacted positively with Dragendorff’s reagent (Krebs et al., 1969). The mp (194-199 °C) was slightly higher than the 191-196 °C reported by Kuhn and Lo¨w (1961) for x-acetylleptinidine. GC/MS and HR-MS (m/z [M]+ 455.3385; Table 1) of the purified sample produced fragmentation patterns identical to that produced by the m/z [M]+ 455 peak identified by GC/MS of leaf extracts. Fragments were also observed at m/z 208 (C12H18NO2) and m/z 262 (C16H24NO2) (Figure 2), which corresponded to the acetoxyl analogs of the m/z 150 and 204 fragments, respectively, of solanidine and indicated substitution of the acetoxyl in ring E or F. MS also revealed a base peak at m/z 395 (C27H41NO), which is consistent with the loss of acetic acid [M - CH3CO2H]+. The presence of an acetoxyl was also supported by 1H-NMR spectroscopy, which revealed a singlet at δ 2.18 corresponding to the methyl alpha to the carbonyl, and 13C-NMR spectroscopy (Table 2), which exhibited both a singlet at δ 170.9 and a quartet at δ 21.1. These signals were assigned to the carbonyl carbon and the methyl carbon alpha to the carbonyl, respectively. Substitution of the acetoxyl at C-23 was further indicated by a proton resonating at δ 5.32, which is similar to that reported for the 23R-H for dihydroleptinidine diacetate (Murakami et al., 1985; Schreiber and Ripperger, 1967), and was confirmed by a long-range 2DNMR CH-correlation between this proton and the carbonyl carbon (Table 3). The position of the acetoxyl group was also verified by direct comparison of the 13C-NMR chemical shifts of diacetylleptinidine with those of 3-acetylsolasodine and solasodine (Bird et al., 1979). Since rings A-D of these compounds have the same structure (see Figure 1), such a comparison would indicate whether the acetoxyl was substituted at C-3. The data (Table 4) show that the chemical shifts for C-1 through C-6 of acetylleptinidine do not agree with those of 3-acetylsolasodine but are nearly identical to those reported for solasodine. However, acetylation of acetylleptinidine brought the chemical shifts of these carbons into excellent agreement with

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1.10 (m) 1.88 (m) 1.82 (m) 2.12 (m) 3.88 (m) 2.64 (m)

2 3 4 5 6 7

32.7 71.4 43.6 142.1 121.3 32.5 32.2 50.6 37.1 21.3

1.50 (m) 2.16 (m) 1.12 (m) 1.73 (m)

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24a 25 26 27 COCH3 COCH3

δC

HMBC correlations (C-no.)

37.9

5.45 (bd, 5.2) 1.60 (m) 2.80 (m) 2.04 (m) 0.99 (m)

8 9 10 11

a

δH (multiplicity, JHH)

40.0

1.15 (m) 1.15 (m) 1.83 (m) 2.64 (m) 1.49 (m) 1.01 (s) 1.08 (s) 1.99 (m) 1.06 (d, 6.4) 1.79 (m) 5.32 (m) 1.10 (m) 1.88 (m) 2.07 (m) 1.43 (m) 2.96 (dd, 3.3, 11.0) 0.83 (d, 7.5) 2.18 (s)

C-3, 4, 10 C-2, 3, 5, 6, 10 C-4, 7, 8, 10

C-1, 7, 8, 10, 11, 19

C-11, 13, 17, 18 C-9, 14

41.1 57.9 31.8 69.0 62.6 16.6 19.5 31.2 18.8 76.5 67.7 37.8 26.4 59.8 19.2 170.9 21.1

C-13, 26 C-16, 18, 20, 21 C-12, 13, 14, 17 C-1, 5, 9, 10 C-17, 20 COCH3, C-25

C-16, 22, 24, 27 C-22, 24, 25 C-24, 25, 26 COCH3

The assignments are interchangeable.

Table 4. 13C-NMR Chemical Shiftsa of Solasodine, 3-Acetylsolasodine, Acetylleptinidine, and Diacetylleptinidine alkaloid

C-2

C-3

C-4

C-5

C-6

solasodineb 3-acetylsolasodineb acetylleptinidinec 3,23-diacetylleptinidinec

31.6 27.8 32.7 28.1

71.7 73.9 71.4 74.0

42.3 38.1 43.6 38.6

141.0 139.8 142.1 140.0

121.5 122.4 121.3 122.8

a

δ values in ppm downfield from SiMe4. b In CDCl3. c In C5D5N.

those reported for 3-acetylsolasodine and thus indicated that the acetoxyl group of acetylleptinidine was not at C-3. The presence of an acetoxyl at C-23 was firmly established by a NOESY correlation between the methyl resonating as a singlet at δ 2.17 and a methine at δ 5.32 (data not shown). The methine signal exhibited a multiplet with width at half-height of 9.7 Hz, indicating that this proton was in the equatorial position (Jackman and Steinhall, 1969) and is consistent with half-height values for dihydroleptinidinediacetate and similar compounds (Murakami et al., 1985). Therefore, the acetoxyl at C-23 was axial. Presumably, the hydroxyl at C-23 of leptinidine has the same orientation. Further experiments are in progress to confirm these conclusions. In summary, we have reported high-field 1H- and 13CNMR and HR-MS data for the S. chacoense steroidal alkaloids solanidine, leptinidine, and acetylleptinidine. Complete carbon chemical shift assignments have been presented for all three alkaloids. In addition, the axial orientation of the C-23 acetyoxyl group of acetylleptini-

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